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en-usPenn State University Relationsnews@psu.edu (Penn State News)Indiana avian flu outbreak serves as biosecurity reminder for Pa. poultry ownershttp://news.psu.edu/story/388588/2016/01/21/research/indiana-avian-flu-outbreak-serves-biosecurity-reminder-pa-poultry
A new outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed this month in the state of Indiana serves as a warning to Pennsylvania poultry producers and small-flock owners that they ignore biosecurity measures at their own risk, according to a poultry specialist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
http://news.psu.edu/story/388588/2016/01/21/research/indiana-avian-flu-outbreak-serves-biosecurity-reminder-pa-poultryThu, 21 Jan 2016 10:12 -0500Penn State News - avian fluPoultry specialists remind producers, small-flock owners of avian flu riskhttp://news.psu.edu/story/385842/2015/12/18/impact/poultry-specialists-remind-producers-small-flock-owners-avian-flu
Late fall and winter are considered flu season, but not just for humans. Poultry specialists in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences point out that the threat of avian influenza also is heightened at this time of year.
http://news.psu.edu/story/385842/2015/12/18/impact/poultry-specialists-remind-producers-small-flock-owners-avian-fluFri, 18 Dec 2015 10:53 -0500Penn State News - avian fluEastern poultry producers brace for avian flu this fall as waterfowl migratehttp://news.psu.edu/story/363404/2015/07/21/campus-life/eastern-poultry-producers-brace-avian-flu-fall-waterfowl-migrate
Right now, in the vast prairie pothole region of southern Canada and the United States' upper Midwest, waterfowl are mingling, raising their young and instinctively preparing to migrate, some leaving as early as August.
http://news.psu.edu/story/363404/2015/07/21/campus-life/eastern-poultry-producers-brace-avian-flu-fall-waterfowl-migrateTue, 21 Jul 2015 09:55 -0400Penn State News - avian fluPrecautions, preparations help Pa. brace for potential avian flu threathttp://news.psu.edu/story/359604/2015/06/04/impact/precautions-preparations-help-pa-brace-potential-avian-flu-threat
Experts aren't sure why Pennsylvania so far has been spared in the outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza that has caused massive losses to the poultry industry in the Midwest. But it could be just a matter of time until the virus shows up in the Keystone State, according to poultry specialists in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
http://news.psu.edu/story/359604/2015/06/04/impact/precautions-preparations-help-pa-brace-potential-avian-flu-threatThu, 04 Jun 2015 07:04 -0400Penn State News - avian fluProbing Question: Can a pandemic be predicted?http://news.psu.edu/story/141292/2009/06/04/research/probing-question-can-pandemic-be-predicted
SARS. Ebola. West Nile. Avian flu. Over the past decade, the world has watched and waited to see if these viruses would develop into global health threats. In recent weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) sent a shockwave through the public when it ranked the emergent influenza swine-A/H1N1 virus—better known as swine flu—at alert Phase 5, implying that an influenza pandemic is imminent.
http://news.psu.edu/story/141292/2009/06/04/research/probing-question-can-pandemic-be-predictedThu, 04 Jun 2009 (All day) -0400Penn State News - avian fluSwine flu nothing new to scientists in College of Ag Scienceshttp://news.psu.edu/story/176701/2009/05/07/swine-flu-nothing-new-scientists-college-ag-sciences
Swine flu is no mystery to scientists in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, who have been keeping a wary eye on the virus in pigs for decades and researching better vaccines to prevent it, methods to limit its spread, and ways to predict and gauge the risks it poses to human health.
http://news.psu.edu/story/176701/2009/05/07/swine-flu-nothing-new-scientists-college-ag-sciencesThu, 07 May 2009 17:10 -0400Penn State News - avian fluInstructor addresses environmental issues at tribal conferencehttp://news.psu.edu/story/184972/2008/07/16/instructor-addresses-environmental-issues-tribal-conference
Steven R. Parker, instructor of environmental technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was invited by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to present at the eighth National Tribal Conference on Environmental Management, held in Billings, Mont. Parker discussed his efforts to assist American Indian tribes prepare for the possibility of an avian flu outbreak or attacks on the nation's food supply.
http://news.psu.edu/story/184972/2008/07/16/instructor-addresses-environmental-issues-tribal-conferenceWed, 16 Jul 2008 12:56 -0400Penn State News - avian fluGuarding the Henhousehttp://news.psu.edu/story/141749/2006/06/19/research/guarding-henhouse
Penn State poultry scientists are a key part of the state's aggressive program to protect the state's flocks—and $750 million in poultry profits—from outbreaks of avian flu.
http://news.psu.edu/story/141749/2006/06/19/research/guarding-henhouseMon, 19 Jun 2006 (All day) -0400Penn State News - avian fluPandemic Evolution?http://news.psu.edu/story/141582/2006/06/05/research/pandemic-evolution
The United States is braced to join the 51 or more nations coping with a virulent strain of bird flu. Will the H5N1 virus remain an avian disease or will it make the leap to human transmission?
http://news.psu.edu/story/141582/2006/06/05/research/pandemic-evolutionMon, 05 Jun 2006 (All day) -0400Penn State News - avian flu